Jordan Kenneth Stotts biography: 13 things about US Capitol riot suspect from Moorhead, Minnesota

Jordan Kenneth Stotts is a white man from Minnesota, United States. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He and his brother Nic Stotts grew up together in Roseau, Roseau County, Minnesota. (a)
2. He lives in Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota. (b)
3. During the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020, he worked in greenhouses and nurseries during the summer and decided to travel in his van during the winter. (c)
4. He is a Donald Trump supporter. (c)
5. On January 4, 2021, he left Minnesota and stayed overnight in his van parked at a state park in Virginia, USA. (c)
6. On January 5, 2021, he n attended a rally at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., USA. (c)
7. Wearing a brown knit cap, brown canvas coat and blue-framed glasses, he went to the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. after attending a rally for Trump near the White House in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021. That day, Trump’s supporters breached the building while a joint session of Congress was certifying the vote of the Electoral College and affirming Joe Biden‘s victory in the 2020 presidential election. (c)
8. On January 8, 2021, he wrote on Facebook, “Peace Out Facebook! Apparently I’m a wanted man and will be going off the grid for a while!” (c)
9. On January 15, 2021, a Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent sent him a text message asking him to call the FBI. On January 16, 2021, he called the agent and agreed to meet for an in-person interview.  (c)
10. On January 18, 2021, the FBI agent interviewed him at the Moorhead Police Department in Moorhead, Minnesota. He admitted to the agent that the entered the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021. (c)
11. The FBI agent filed a criminal complaint against him, which was signed by U.S. Magistrate Judge Robin M. Meriweather on March 16, 2021. (c)
12. He was 31 years old when he was arrested on March 19, 2021 by FBI agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota. On the same day, he appeared  in U.S. District Court in Bemidji. Represented by Katherian Roe, he was released on the condition that he submit to supervision by U.S. probation authorities and his bond was set at $25,000. (a) (b) (d)
13. He is the first Minnesota resident to be arrested for participating in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. He was charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and violent entry and disorderly conduct on U.S. Capitol grounds. (a) (d)

(This is a developing story. More details are being added.)

If you have information about someone who participated in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, call 1-800-CALL-FBI. You may also submit relevant photos and videos to the FBI.

SOURCES:

• a. INFORUM
• b. FBI Minneapolis
• c. U.S. Department of Justice
• d. Twin Cities Pioneer Press